RDR

INVESTMENT TRUSTS

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VIDEO: 30% OF IFAs TO EXIT

RDR DEBATE: KEY POINTS

The RDR is not a 'panacea' for the investment market's problem but it is worth a third of IFAs leaving the industry, FSA chief executive Hector Sants has told ministers.

Advisers who wish to be independent post RDR can use a single platform for the 'majority' of their clients if it is in their best interests, the FSA proposes today.

The RDR has become Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit.

There have been several press comments recently from organisations questioning whether the use of model portfolios will impact a firm's independent status post RDR.

WRAPS

Let us remind ourselves of my dilemma from last week's column - what to say to my 23-year-old nephew Ed who is considering becoming an IFA.